and green-winged teal, but increasa in blus-winged teal, mallard and -..<all. 
Fice Loks, Minnssotes 
June dry and July wat. fics Lake and fice River lavels above normal. The 
former too high for optimum level for wild rice, Waterfowl broods §4 with 927 
young a& compared to 47 broads with 289 youne in 1948. Mallards predominated. 
mand Lak?, South Daketa 
Freeipitation notmal, but rains were erratic. Temperatures hicher than 
in 1948. 81x broods of Canada resas were observed. Three-thoeusand five-bundrsad 
breading adult ducks were noted on May 21, with 4,400 om June 20, On Tunes 19, 
20, and 21, a total of 135 broods with 836 youn¢e were counted, 
saney, dichigean 
Wettest summer sincs 1943, Increases in gs9se and decreases of ducks, anade 
gecue - 159 breeds; black duck - 24 broods; ring-necked - 53 broods; mallards - 
9 broods. Six-hundred eeest and 1,409 ducks hatchsd. 
Sheldon, Hevuds 
Precipitation above normal, Largest nestine population of waterfowl in 4 
yaeera, dus to improved water sunplics. 
Slade, North Dakota 
Frecipltation below normal. Water levels low in potholes, slouchs, and 
laces. Duck production decrenged 10 percent - 1,943 young observed, 
Tamrac, Minanesate 
Water conditions unfaverabls for wild rics prowth - 7Ol peir of ducks nested 
and produced §,247 youn. Hallards were toe most common, followed in otdsr by 
blue-winged teal, ringed-neck, wood duck and ruddy, 
Upper Ligsissippi, Minnssote 
Precipitation hisher than in 1948, but marshes wers drier because of a lack 
af spring rains, Substantial inerguse in waterfowl production over 1948, Theres 
WSTe oo damaging floods, 
Upper Souris, North Dakota 
Precipitation above normel. Waterfowl nesting population somewhat erenter 
than toe past three years. Production of waterfowl incrensed over 1948, with 
mallards lesding, followed in ordsr by pinteil and blue-winged teal. The broods 
totaled 153, as compared to 134 in 1948 and 173 in 1947. 
Falentins, Nebraska 
Precipitation very favorable, Waterfowl nesting nonulations inetreased, 
particularly blue-winged teal, mallerd, and pintail. Preduction of gadwall and 
shoveler decraassd. Only redhead and ruddy of the diving ducks nested in 
appreciable numbers, Breeds of all duck spetiss counted were 410 with an 
estimate of 15,000 young produced on ths Refuge. 
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